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your fave Indigiqueer baddie // anti-colonial activist // social work professa // baby drag @auntie.colonial

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Join us for the 5th Annual Reclaiming Identity for Collective Liberation conference at Dreams Huatulco Resort in Oaxaca, MX from 02/05/27-02/07/27.

Registration & travel payment plans available at checkout.
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Get your travel quotes/bookings at the 🔗 in bio. Payment plans are available for travel and registration!

✅The speaker line up is 🔥🔥🔥
✅Earn up to 17 CEs!
✅Business expense!
✅ Payment plans available!

✨Keynote Speaker: @drblackdeer

✨Workshop Speakers:
@dr.farima_
@abolitionistdoc
@kevinnadal
@vero_c77
@asma.therapist
@dvmosley

Workshop descriptions coming soon, and they will be 🔥🔥🔥 as always.

✨Our 1-hour Indigenous medicine CE workshop will be facilitated by Norma Jaquelina Yescas Contreras, an Indigenous healer from Oaxaca.

Also join us for a sound bath with @ncrichardsontherapy and creating your Love Journal with @dracrzn

Check out our 🔗 in bio for registration, past conference speakers and testimonials ✨

Book travel by scanning the QR code on the conference flyer or visit the 🔗 in bio to request a quote! Ask about travel payment plans!

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An entire year of marriage to my very best friend. It is an honor to do life with you, Wessie. To be loved in all seasons of life, from the depths of my grief to the highs of our wins, to trusting Creators plan for us even when it brings us to a new country. You are a true gift, Wessie. I love you. Here's to forever 💖

#TheBlestons

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2 slides from @drblackdeer Friday Feels of yesterday

First buds from Bougie 2 this year, and still wondering where they get put when I have to bring them in from the cold?

2 slides of acknowledgement that I refuse to clean up what's thumbing it's nose at me

And one slide from @sacredstoke seen yesterday, posted Oct 7

(Sometimes, I just picked the recommended audio track - good times!)

#IfellinmidSeptemberandamrisingaswespeak
#geez

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I forgot how death and grief makes me give absolutely ZERO F<<KS about superficial bullshxt.

Two days ago, Oct 14th, would have been my dad’s 82nd birthday; his first birthday anniversary since he passed last year, exactly one month after his bday, Nov 14th, 2025.

I was wondering where all this rage and intolerance for drama was coming from but I remembered how after Emi died, my patience for BS was nil.

Zero tolerance,
time, or
capacity
for bullshxt.

Death reminds you of how finite our time is here. And of what and who is important.

Ego? Nope. Dont give a shit.
Social ladders? Nope. I’d rather be alone than seek approval.
External expectations? Keep them to yourself. I’ve got enough of my own, thanks.

I am learning and unlearning on my own schedule. I will happily apologize and lovingly partake in conflict resolution with those who also approach things with curiosity, kindness and care.

My dad was a “hardass” like this and I love him for it.

Credits: If you know any of the OPs in these slides that I didn’t tag, please share in the comments so I can add them! 🙏

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Does any one else ever feel like your emotions are too much for you to carry?

#ofcourseyoudo
#whitebeard
#artisalifesaver
#amongst others
#vintagebeadstinyheartsbigevileyes

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One thing I want to clearly note is that I wholeheartedly believe that Indigenous people deserve to celebrate and find joy any freakin way they want to! On this weekend and every single day of the year. 🫂🧡 my apologies if my previous posts about hating on Thanksgiving made some of you question that. I can see the harm that may have caused by not being clear before. Because that instinctual and energetic desire for you to gather at this time of year belongs to you, not the government and pre-dates any colonial bullshit holidays. And same goes for most folks bc harvest gatherings happened all over the world for thousands of years, way before our 300 yr colonial era.

And gosh there are so many things I cut out from this to keep it “short”. Like, how the government ended up choosing the second Monday in October in 1957 mostly to give more space in between Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving because they were previously both close together in November.

And other examples of "thxgiving" not inherently equalling celebrating a harvest. It was to give thanks to God for divine protection:

In 1759, the British Crown called for a day of thanksgiving following the British conquest of Quebec.

In 1816, Upper Canada marked the end of the war between Britain and France.

In 1838, the Crown celebrated the restoration of colonial order after suppressing rebellions led by the French Patriotes.

And then, all the terrible shit that Martin Frobisher did on his three expeditions into the Arctic… omggg 😡 I need to make a post about him, but let’s just be happy that in the end that his quest for gold and all that he found turned out to be fools gold, and that in a battle between his crew and the brave Inuit, he was shot with an arrow into his butt 🎯😂🙌

And I wanted to share two other examples of how the church and state have hijacked, traditional and pre-colonial celebrations and forest indigenous groups to celebrate the Catholic or state sanctioned ones instead: All Saints Day and Christmas.

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Finally getting round to September...

#Septembering
#memes
#spirituality
#virgoseasonpast

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CW: sexual assault

Jane Doe made the incredibly courageous decision to file a public civil lawsuit and tell her story.

Since then, thousands of people have shared her story and called for answers and accountability.
And now, her case that had been closed is being looked at again.

Please continue to share her story. Visit @ihavetherighttoorg for more action steps.

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@drblackdeer is one of the COUNTLESS kind humans who continue to guide me on my journey. HUMILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY are key above all else in this work. Grateful. ❤️‍🔥💯✊️So try it. You might like it.🙃

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Need h3lp to take Craniosacral Foundations? Want to help someone else? Read on…

A wee story……For whom? Taught By? Where? Accessibility? Community Immunity? And…..All the extra !nfo about cl@ss on the s!te. Including the chapter about c0st, sliding scale, scholarships, and a line that reads:

“If you’d like to be a gay-ngel for someone ELSE, please v3nmo your donation with the subject ‘wind beneath their wings’ and that money will support someone else’s ease in their education <3.”

And a gay-ngel did indeed offer a generous amount into the pot. Goddess bless them.

People are out there being monsters. Some wounded people (and aren’t we all) are enacting horrors.

And. Some wounded people (still probably us) are busy working wonders.

If you want to be one of those people, just follow the directions above. Any amount supports someone else in learning to support others.

DIFFERENTLY IMPORTANTLY: if you wanna come study craniosacral work in this cohort and m0ney is the barrier, ***please c0nnect*** Let’s talk and figure out how coming to class looks EASY AF for you.

Let us be wonderful with one another.

Lynx !n the bayou for alllllll the other deets.

#craniosacraltherapytraining #queercranio #communitycare

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spirit I’m heading into autumn with 🍂

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The Day After*... and onwards...

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some things about clarity, expression, manifestation to start wielding through words and images after bigBeadSaleThisweekend, September 20th

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bday was yesterday, the Ides of September, but yesterday was messed up, effed up, and The big untangling is still undergoing, but putting this device down And looking upwards in 5... nope, this thumbing shiite always takes longer than that!

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speaking of Time, my only 3 hours per week of small r respite (WNH Day program at home with her) is 20 minutes away from over, but I have spent a worthwhile 2 hours here, reading and listening...

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moving on, a slow reentry to my page will commence in a few minutes or hours...

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no posts will be aimed at #bigBeadSaleThisweekend, for time-intensivity's sake but getting Serious and Heavy with the bead posts starting early tomorrow. Please share everything as much as you can. Because I do fear that noone will attend and it'll all be a big waste of time and energy

#bewellbekindbejoy

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